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'IMPRovEMEnT IN setmana-BINDER.

.` ThevvSchedulel-evfenied toxin these Letters Patent and'makingrprartof the same.

To all whom 4it A'may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEQRGE E. Monnet' Royalton, f

in the county of `.Waupacca,,an7d .State of Wisconsin, have inventedcertain new and useful 'Improvements in Shingle-Binders; and I do herebydeclare thatI the f following is Vavfull,lclear, and; exact descriptionthereof,

reference being ,y had'to the accompanying drawings,

` making part ofthis specific-ation, .and to the letters of referencemarked thereornalike letters indicating .like

parts wherever they occur.' l

i To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention,I will proceed'to describe it.

My invention relates to shingle-binders; .and consi'sts `in the lnovelconstruction and arrangement of vcerta-iu mechanical devices in almachine for conveniently and rapidly binding shingles in bundles.

I n the drawings-. l i Figure l' is ,a longitudinal verticalsectien ofmy mal chine on thellinue x-xofig-Z, and

FigureA 2l isan end View, with a portion' `broken away. Inconstrlrlctilig my machine, I make a frame, A, of.

any desired size, and ont-of any suitable materiahvvith` an 'elevatedback-piece, L, rigidly attached, and a corresponding front-piece, H,arranged, to slide on the rframe, and both providedwith narrow bottomand 4side-pieces) for supporting `the .thick ends of the 'shingies,`and-keeping theirsides even orsquare while.

being hunched, as clearly.shown inig. l.

Midway betweenthe front and back-pieces L and 1H, I insert in the sidesof the-flame A, stakes, K,lto

Vkeep the sides of the small ends `of `the shingles even,

` `In standards M, rigidly connected to the front end of the 'frame A, Impunt a shaft,G, and to it securely fasten arms, F, so as tol be nearthe middle ofthe end u of the ii'ame, and -to its, ends pivot hooks eand the hook h and nearthe front end ofthelatter lever, immediately yover the shaft G, I pivot a coupling-plate, E, provided with two or moreh oles, ji, as clearlyshown in the same figure. u l

"To the levers B and-G, I attach crossipieces ,av and b, so as to be inline with `the. stakes K, and. to the outer end of the shaft GJ attach ahandflever, D.

In operating my machine,`1 connect 'the 1hook e to' the frontend of thelever YB,.and then laya loweror under binder, c, on the cross-piece b,having iirst nailed to itmet'allic straps, J, as seen in ii g. 2.f I4then ,adjust the sliding piece H, so as to give the desired length tothe bundlerand arrange the requisite number of shingles inthe usualmanner between Ythe pieces L and' H. I

lOver, the shingles thils arranged, I place an upper binder, d, in linewith the under binder c.` This done, I connect the rear ends of thelevers B and i0, bring c the cross-piece a down upon the binder d, andypress ldown the front end of tbeleve'r B, and connect "the hook ftovone ofthe holes in the coupling-plate E,4

placing it in the highest one that can be reached 4by pressing down outhe lever.

Y. The levers B and (1,with the arms E andtheir hooks, andl theshingles, arertheln in 'the position nearly as .shown by the red linesin'iig.'1.- f I then press down on the hand-lever'D, and bring all the"parts into the position shown bythe dark lines, when the shingles areready to be bound o'fastened together, and this I doV by carrying themetal strapsJ over the ends of the upper binder {1,and nailingithemfast.

. I no'w release the coupling ofthe lever G, first raising up thehand-lever Dior that purpose, take out the bundle of shingles, andproceed to bind another iu the same manner, and soon till allai-e bound.

It should be understood that the hooks e and fare.

curved or bent, als represented in iig. v1, so that when the lever D isturned down, their ends, pivoted to the arms F on shaft G, will bethrown a little past the centre, which will serve to lock the parts inposition, so that the operator can leave the lever Dand nail the bandsor straps J, one person thus ybinding and nailing the bands also. 1

I do not claim, broadly, the use'ot two levers operated by a rock-shaft,in the manner described, as such a mechanical-,device has before beenused in other machines; but

Having thusdescribed my invention, Whatl claim, is-

A shingle-bindingmachine, consisting of the frame A, with the end-piecesL and H, the stakes K, and levers B G, provided with the cross-pieces ai), andl operated by the rock-shaft G, and curved hooks c j, all`constructed and arranged cooperate substantially as described.v f 1,

y GEORGE E. MORE. Witnesses W. F. Wa'rnmrousn. i PETER MEIKLEJOHN.

